These two families were obviously welcomed within the town and given a prime location to stay.

The two Stewart children were both born in Barvas and the youngest some two months earlier so the family had been on the island since at least January of that year.

All the Macdonald children are said to have been born in Stornoway. Was this the fact, indicating at least 20 years of visiting the town, or did the person responsible for providing the birthplaces simplify things? Only a search of the records can answer that question.

My earlier entry on 'Two Traveller Families' dealt with two Stewart families, one of which included a couple of Barvas-born offspring but no Alexander.

If nothing else, I have learnt that in 1901 there was a 'Tinkers Camp in the Market Stance' in Stornoway.